Foreclosure crisis ensnares renters

Foreclosure crisis ensnares renters

Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times

12-year-old Evany, left, plays with brother Joseph, 3, and sister Kenna 8, at a park in Lake Elsinore. With their mother, Ruth Cordoba, the children are living temporarily in a hotel room. The family was forced to move out of a Section 8 rental when the owner stopped paying the mortgage and lost the property.

12-year-old Evany, left, plays with brother Joseph, 3, and sister Kenna 8, at a park in Lake Elsinore. With their mother, Ruth Cordoba, the children are living temporarily in a hotel room. The family was forced to move out of a Section 8 rental when the owner stopped paying the mortgage and lost the property. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)

12-year-old Evany, left, plays with brother Joseph, 3, and sister Kenna 8, at a park in Lake Elsinore. With their mother, Ruth Cordoba, the children are living temporarily in a hotel room. The family was forced to move out of a Section 8 rental when the owner stopped paying the mortgage and lost the property.